CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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alkalimetry in CommonParlance
- definition volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present
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alkaline in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
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alkaline earth in CommonParlance
- definition any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
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alkaline metal in CommonParlance
- definition any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium)
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alkaline-earth metal in CommonParlance
- definition any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)
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alkaline-loving in CommonParlance
- definition thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)
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alkalinise in CommonParlance
- definition become alkaline
- definition make (a substance) alkaline
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alkalinity in CommonParlance
- definition pH values above 7
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alkalinize in CommonParlance
- definition become alkaline
- definition make (a substance) alkaline
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alkalinuria in CommonParlance
- definition a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline
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alkalise in CommonParlance
- definition turn basic and less acidic
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alkaliser in CommonParlance
- definition an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
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alkalize in CommonParlance
- definition turn basic and less acidic
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alkalizer in CommonParlance
- definition an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
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alkaloid in CommonParlance
- definition natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants
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alkaloidal in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids
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alkalosis in CommonParlance
- definition abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
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alkalotic in CommonParlance
- definition marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis)
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alkaluria in CommonParlance
- definition a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline
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alkane in CommonParlance
- definition a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
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alkane series in CommonParlance
- definition a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
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alkanet in CommonParlance
- definition perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
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alkapton in CommonParlance
- definition an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
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alkaptonuria in CommonParlance
- definition a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine
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alkene in CommonParlance
- definition any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon